Archive for the ‘Prism’ Tag

Calas Galadhon Park is one of the popular places to visit, wander and take photos in. With a little imagination, you can see a fragment of the landscape of Canada compressed into this photo — though it’s missing the central plains of the provinces of Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta, as well as the colder reaches of Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. But why is the sky so red? Is it the End of the World?

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For some in Real Life, it is. My photo was inspired by events taking place now in northeastern Alberta, around the town of Fort McMurray. It’s a tinder-dry wildfire season, and this area has been burning for over two weeks as of this writing, forcing evacuations of the entire town and surrounding areas. The destruction, and the disruption of life, is massive; and a small army of firefighters is working to contain the blazes, including additional forces from Saskatchewan to keep the fire from spreading into the neighboring province.

Second Life’s Models Giving Back has quickly organized a benefit sale to help Albertans, with all donation funds going to the Canadian Red Cross. Being a Michigan native, with something of an affinity for our northern neighbors, I’m glad to give the event a helping hand here. I hope you’ll drop in and purchase some of the yummies available. (Landmark is below)

These two outfits are among the many available for purchase. I’d show more closeups here to give you a look at the makeup, but the WindLight I chose for the red sky doesn’t allow for a good look. You’ll get the full list below in the credits.

I’m wearing this lovely sundress from AlaFolie, appropriately in the Albertan colors of blue and gold…

…while Jem chose an even more casual look in a top and capris (the pants again in blue and gold by HUD choice) from Prism. Once again, the WindLight setting doesn’t help the cause on the pale pink of her top, but you’ll see better in more natural light when you’re standing in front of the actual vendor.

…The advantages go on and on In the middle of the sea. As the centuries have come, they’ve gone In the middle of the sea. Days arise to be replaced, Lines are drawn and lines erased. Life and death are but verses in a poem. Out there blood flows … Who knows?…

The lyrics, from Stephen Sondheim’sPacific Overtures, tell of how Japan was in the years before Commodore Matthew Perry broke the ban against foreigners and trade with other countries in 1853. His “four black dragons” — American steam-powered warships — arrived in a land very much like the world you find in Taka no Sakura, a build of a classic Japanese village from the feudal period. Other things seem to float at times — like a beautiful strapless dress. Prism offers us the new Carolina dress, a lovely strapless cocktail gown in three different colors, with rich patterning on the overskirt and bustier, and a jewel-buckle belt.

…Here we paint screens, Plant the rice, Arrange the flowers, View the moon, Exchange the gifts, Plant the rice, Arrange tomorrow like today to float,…

Simplicity seems to be called for here, and so I choose one of the simpler sets of jewelry from Lazuri — still chunky and substantial, but much less heavy than other of her collections. It is HUD driven, like most of her pieces; each one can be controlled individually, or you can click on the necklace to change the metal and major gems on all pieces simultaneously.

…Slide the screens, Exchange the poems, Stir the tea, Exchange the bows, Plant the rice, Arrange tomorrow to be like today, To float….

The hair is from sYs, and is a lovely progressive style, while the makeup and nail polish goes along with the blue dress and gold jewelry.

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With all the activity surrounding other events, we shouldn’t forget that the big event of the season is still running, and wrapping up today. It’s the last day at Hair Fair 2013 — your last chance until next year to gorge on tresses from the great designers while doing lots of good for kids with hair problems. And, since it’s the last day of the Fair, that means it’s Bandana Day, when we shuck those delicious locks, one and all, in remembrance of what the Fair is truly about. I’ve done so here, and am wearing my bandana from my good friend, Gidge Uriza. You can pick up a bandana easily at the booths in the Fair sims.

I’m being stylish while I’m about it here. The dress is from Prism, and is brand new. Journey doesn’t do just knitwear, please note; this lovely bit of mesh jersey is decorated with a spray of hibiscus, and comes in several colors. There are several other new (and lots of old) delightful things throughout Prism’s store, so I hope you’ll drop in there after finishing up at Hair Fair — but while still wearing your bandana, remember!

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Donna Flora’s Cinecittá is an interesting place to explore, never mind the Grid-famous atelier run by Squinternet Larnia that helps pay for the bills. Besides the recreation of the famous Trevi Fountain (which I’ve used previously), there are other stretches of backlot and just plain good looking things to admire. The inspiration, of course, comes from the famous movie studio just east of Rome.

And when you’re walking about Rome on a fine summer day, why not walk around in a fine sundress? Prism and Journey McLaglen supply this quite nicely with the new Amanda mesh dress. Journey’s taste in color and texture are at work again here; it’s hard, if not impossible, to find a boring design anywhere in the store. This one comes in five different flavors, if I remember correctly; I chose this pattern, which is called “Tiger Lily.” I went blonde for the purposes here, and also went with a relatively pale makeup palette (see below).

The other items new to my inventory are these wedge sandals from J’s. Sculptie shoes still have a place, though mesh is starting to do away with the “shadow” problems caused by alpha textures around some sculpted shoes. These sculpties have a control HUD to let you match the color of your toes (the only part of the “foot” in the shoe) to the rest of your skin color, and it wasn’t too difficult to use.

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June 19: updated to include SLurls; I was going to sleep when I originally started searching them out.

Today, you’re getting one massive mess of fashion — mesh dresses from some great designers. You’ll see them in the slideshow below, in order of the description (if I’m lucky); you can pause the show and right-click, then select “View Image” (or equivalent) to see a larger view.

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coldLogic is a name that is earning lots of interest among Grid fashionistas with their mesh designs. This dress, called Owens, fits quite nicely to your curves, though I had to tweak my shape somewhat to get the fit right. Having never tweaked these settings before, it was probably time to do a little adjustment. (I sometimes think I’m a little over-endowed in the boobs, anyway, so a bit of breast reduction was probably a good thing.)

Prism is a great favorite of mine, though I haven’t wrote much about Journey’s pieces lately. I tend to think more of her knits than summer clothes. However, the Emily mesh top and pants are shooting right up to a favorite spot for summer casual wear.

Of course, every woman who loves evening dresses has heard of Sascha’s Designs, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they have at least one of Sascha Frangilli’s famed “battleship-skirt” gowns in their closet. But Sascha also does casual wear, and this, believe it or not, is her first mesh entry. Fittingly, it’s named Mondriaan, and is as mod as it gets; but fits quite nicely into modern tastes as well.

Across the board, I’m wearing shoes from R2 Fashion, a fantastic shoe designer I discovered at Collarbor88. I’ve been stocking up on shoes since, and am featuring her extremely stylish pumps, wedges and boots all through here.

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